Open AccessLaparoscopic adrenalectomy for ganglioneuroma presenting as an adrenal incidentaloma
Author(s) -
Ankush Sarwal,
Rajesh Khullar,
Anil Sharma,
Vandana Soni,
Manish Baijal,
Pradeep Chowbey
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_228_18
Subject(s) - ganglioneuroma , medicine , incidentaloma , adrenalectomy , histopathology , asymptomatic , laparoscopy , radiology , surgery , general surgery , pathology , neuroblastoma , genetics , biology , cell culture
Adrenal incidentaloma (AI) has now become a common finding in clinical practice with advances in abdominal imaging. The prevalence of AI as reported in the literature is 0.2%-3%. Ganglioneuroma (GN) is often a benign non-functioning adrenal tumour, which has been rarely reported as AI in literature. Confirmed diagnosis of GN can only be done by histopathological examination. GNs are often asymptomatic even if they are large, and adrenalectomy is treatment for GN, with good prognosis after surgical removal. Here, we report a patient with an incidental adrenal mass that was managed laparoscopically and diagnosed as an adrenal GN on histopathology.